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2 Soak Up the Sun How do organisms get energy and matter? Energy is the ability to do work. Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. All organisms need energy and matter to live, grow, and reproduce.

3 How do organisms get energy and matter? The sun is the original source of energy in most ecosystems. Organisms called producers make their own food. Consumers are organisms that cannot make their own food and eat producers or other consumers to get energy.

4 How do organisms get energy and matter? Most producers get energy from the sun, but some use chemical energy instead of light energy to make food. Producers get matter from soil and air. Consumers get both energy and matter from the foods they eat.

5 What happens to energy and matter in ecosystems? The law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed; it only changes form. The law of conservation of mass states that mass cannot be created or destroyed. Matter moves through the environment in different forms.

6 What happens to energy and matter in ecosystems? Matter and energy can leave an ecosystem when organisms move. Also, matter and energy can leave an ecosystem in moving water and air. Although matter and energy enter and leave an ecosystem, they are never destroyed.

7 Cycle and Flow How does energy move through an ecosystem? Energy enters most ecosystems as sunlight, which producers use to make food. Primary consumers get energy by eating producers. Secondary consumers get energy by eating primary consumers, and so on up the food chain. An organism uses most of the energy it takes in for life processes. Some energy is lost as heat, and some is stored in the organism s body.

8 How does energy move through an ecosystem? An energy pyramid is a tool that can be used to trace the flow of energy through an ecosystem. The bottom level, consisting of producers, has the largest population and the most energy. The other levels are consumers. Going up the pyramid, there is less energy and fewer organisms at each level. Consumers at the highest level have the smallest population.

9 How does energy move through an ecosystem? How does the size of a population change at each step in an energy pyramid?

10 How does matter move through an ecosystem? Water evaporates from Earth s surface, enters the atmosphere, becomes clouds, and falls back to Earth s surface. Likewise, carbon and nitrogen cycle through an ecosystem, going from producers to consumers to decomposers and back to producers. Matter leaves some ecosystems and enters other ecosystems. Because matter can enter and leave an ecosystem, it is called an open system.

11 What is the water cycle? The movement of water between the oceans, atmosphere, land, and living things is known as the water cycle. Water can enter the atmosphere by evaporation, transpiration, and respiration.

12 What is the water cycle? During evaporation, the sun s heat causes water to change from liquid to vapor. Plants release water vapor from their leaves in transpiration. Organisms release water as waste during respiration.

13 What is the water cycle? In condensation, water vapor cools and returns to liquid. The water that falls from the atmosphere to the land and oceans is precipitation. The precipitation that falls on land and flows into streams and rivers is called runoff. The water that seeps into the ground and is stored underground is called groundwater. It will flow back into the soil, streams, rivers, and oceans.

14 What is the nitrogen cycle? The movement of nitrogen between the environment and living things is called the nitrogen cycle. Bacteria in the soil can change nitrogen gas from the air into forms that plants can use. This process is called nitrogen fixation. Plants take in and use fixed nitrogen. Consumers then get the nitrogen they need by eating plants or other organisms.

15 What is the nitrogen cycle? When organisms die, decomposers break down their remains and release a form of nitrogen into the soil that plants can use. Finally, certain types of bacteria in the soil can convert nitrogen into a gas, which is returned to the atmosphere.

16 What is the carbon cycle? Carbon is an important building block of organisms. Carbon is found in food, the atmosphere, water, rocks, soils, organisms, and fossil fuels. Carbon moves through organisms and between organisms and the physical environment in the carbon cycle.

17 What is the carbon cycle? During photosynthesis, producers make sugars that contain carbon. During cellular respiration, sugars are broken down to release energy, carbon dioxide, and water.

18 What is the carbon cycle? Combustion is the burning of materials. The burning of once-living materials releases carbon dioxide, water, heat, and other materials. Decomposition breaks down dead organisms and waste. Decomposers get energy from this material by respiration. Decomposition returns carbon dioxide, water, and other nutrients to the environment.

19 What is the carbon cycle? How does the carbon cycle move matter through ecosystems?

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